| 1 | 1 | | 86R11502 JXC-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Nelson S.B. No. 1658 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the territory of and fees imposed by certain emergency |
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| 8 | 8 | | communication districts. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 772, Health and Safety |
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| 11 | 11 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 772.3051 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 772.3051. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL TERRITORY. (a) |
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| 13 | 13 | | A municipality that is a participating jurisdiction may request |
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| 14 | 14 | | that the municipality be removed from the district if the |
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| 15 | 15 | | municipality operated a consolidated public safety answering point |
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| 16 | 16 | | with at least three emergency communication districts described by |
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| 17 | 17 | | Section 771.001(3)(A) for at least a three-year period before |
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| 18 | 18 | | September 1, 2019. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) The board of a district that receives a request under |
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| 20 | 20 | | Subsection (a) shall approve the request and, not later than the |
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| 21 | 21 | | 91st day before the date the removal will take effect, notify each |
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| 22 | 22 | | service supplier providing service in the district of the scheduled |
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| 23 | 23 | | removal. The removal must take effect on a date that: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) allows the board to comply with the notice |
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| 25 | 25 | | requirements of this section; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) is not later than the 180th day after the date the |
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| 27 | 27 | | board receives the request. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (c) Removal of a municipality under this section does not |
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| 29 | 29 | | diminish or impair the rights of the holders of any outstanding and |
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| 30 | 30 | | unpaid bonds, warrants, or other obligations of the district. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (d) If a municipality is removed under this section, the |
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| 32 | 32 | | municipality shall compensate the district in an amount equal to |
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| 33 | 33 | | the municipality's pro rata share of the district's indebtedness at |
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| 34 | 34 | | the time the municipality is removed. The district shall apply |
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| 35 | 35 | | compensation received from a municipality under this subsection |
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| 36 | 36 | | exclusively to the payment of the municipality's pro rata share of |
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| 37 | 37 | | the district's indebtedness. |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 2. Section 772.314, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 39 | 39 | | amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: |
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| 40 | 40 | | (c-1) The board may impose the fee at the rate authorized by |
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| 41 | 41 | | Subsection (c) regardless of whether an election was held for the |
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| 42 | 42 | | district under Chapter 288 (S.B. 750), Acts of the 69th |
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| 43 | 43 | | Legislature, Regular Session, 1985, or former Article 1432e, |
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| 44 | 44 | | Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, at which the voters authorized a |
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| 45 | 45 | | different rate. |
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| 46 | 46 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 47 | 47 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 48 | 48 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 49 | 49 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 50 | 50 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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